Fibrous fabric.



Patented Sept 20, 1910.

G. G. RASGH.

PIBBoUs FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 14, 1908.

. the claims.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

G'-STAVE C. RASCH, OF BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN, lASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM G. BASCH, OF BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN.

FIBB'OUS FABRIC.

Specification et Letters vPatent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

replication mea my, 14, 190s. serial no. massa.

To all whom 'it may wncm'n:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAvE C. Rasen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Fibrous Fabrics, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompaniing drawing, formlng a part thereof.

T is invention relates more to elastic or soft fabrics suitab e for horse collar pads, refrigerator linings,vdeadening and other purposes.

Its main ob]ects are to produce a soft, pliable fabric, which will retain its shape readily ,absorb and evaporate moisture an prevent transmission of heat or cold, and

nerally to improve the construction of abrics of this class for the uses above enumerated'and other purposes for which it msy be adapted.

construction and in, thev eculiar arran ement and combinations o -parts as herelnafter particularly described-and defined in In the accompanying drawing like characters designate the same parts in the sevrial, suc

eral figures.

Figure 1 isa plan view of ya piece of fabric made in accordance with the resent invention, parts of the upper faclng layer and stay being broken away to more clearly illustrate, the structure of the fabric; Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are edge views or sections of the fabric showing slight variations or modifications in its structure, and Fig. 5 a diaammatic 'view illustrating the needled oops` of fibers with relation topthe stay fabric and the face layers.

The fabric is composed of a fillin layer a, of loosely matted fibrous materia such as hair, coarse wool or the like, forming an elastic ad or cushion, two outer or' facing layers g of soft moisture absorbing mateas wool, and one or more sta s c, of strong, liable woven material, suc as burlap or tl e like.

Fig. 2 shows the fabric as made with two woven stays, one on each side of the filling layer a, between it and the adjoining facing `layer b; Fig. 3 shows a single stay interlayer lfirmly together and forming articularly consists in certain novel features ofV posed filling layer a, thus binding the several layers with the woven stay or stays, between the facing layers, a transverse wicklike connection, which acts. by capillary` attraction to rapidly conve the moisture deposited u on' or absorbed y one facing, to the ot er, from which it evaporates, as when the fabric is used in sweat pads Afor horse collars.

In the construction ofthe fabric, one of the facing layers b is s read upon the filling layer a, with or .Wit out an intervening. 'woven s'tay c, and the fibers vof the facing are punched o r thrust with barbed needles, through the filling. The other facing layer is then spread on the other side of the filling, with or without a stay, and the fibers are in like manner thrust by needles'in the oposite direction through the filling. The fa then shrunk or fulled, and maybe dyed any desired color. So constructed the fabric is firm and durable, and yet .soft and liable, the transverse connecting fibers of t e facings serving not only to securely bind .the

several layers r parts together, but also to conve by their capillar attraction, moisture rom one facing to t e other.'4

In Fig. 5 of the drawing is illustrated diarammatically the relation of the Yneedled iops of fibers to the stay fabric and the face layers, the view vselected repfesenting the form in which two stay'4 fa rics are em-l ployed. It will be observed that the fibers of one facin layer are punched or thrust, say with bar ed needles, through both stay fabrics and the intervening fillinglayer, and that the fibers of the other facing layer are similarly thrust through both stay fabrics and intervening filling layer and also into the other facing layer.

While the fabric is pervious to air and moisture, it is a nonconductor or poor conductor of heat, and is therefore well suited for linings orcoverings to prevent the transmission of heat or cold, and being 'liable and soft or elastic, as well as firm an durable, it is admirabl adapted to the requlrcments of pads for orse collars and the like.

ric' is I claim l y 1. In a composite fabric, a face layer o loosely matted fibers', a similar backfacing layer, and a yfilling layer including a stay fabric for tensile strength, said corfposite fabric embodying in its structure loo s of one face layer carried through the lling layer andthe stay fabric, and loops of the other face layer carried through both the lling and stay fabric and into the other face layer.

2; In acomposite fabric, a face layer of loosely matted fibers, a similar back facing layer, a -iilling layer, and a stay fabric for tensile strength inter osed between the fill-l ing layer and each acing layer, said composite fabric embodying in its structure loo s of one face layer carried through the ilhng layer and both stay fabrics and loo of the other face layer carried" through 't e filling layer and stay fabrics and into the other face layer.

3. In a compositefabric a face layer of loosely matted fibers, a similar backfacing layer anda filling layer includingv a stay fabric for tensile strength, such composite fabric vembodying in its structure loo s of one face layer carried into the filling ilayer 'and through the stay fabric and loops of the other face layer carried into 'the filling layer.

4. In a composite fabric a face layer of,

loosely matted bers, a similar backfacing layer, a filling layer, and a stay fabric for tensile strength interposed between the lling'layer and each face layer, said composite fabric embodying in its structure loops of one face layer carried through one stay fabric into the filling layer and loops of the other face layer carried through the otherstay fabric into the filling layer.

In witness whereof -I hereto ai'lix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. GUSTAVE C. RASCH. Witnesses: J

' J. M. SGHROEDER,

L. J. BREHM 

